Schnitzler, Arthur (1862-1931)
Austrian novelist and playwright, best known for his witty psychological studies of Viennese amours, many of which were considered immoral on their first introduction to the public.
Das Märchen (The Tale; 1893), Anatol ( 1893), Liebelei ( 1895; translated into English as Flirtation), and Reigen ( 1900), are his bestknown plays. English translations of other works include Comedies of Words ( 1917), Intermezzo, Countess Mizzie, and The Lonely Way ( 1926), and Professor Bernhardi ( 1928), all plays; Viennese Idylls ( 1913), Bertha Garlan ( 1918), The Shepherd's Pipe, And Other Stories ( 1922), Dr. Graesler ( 1923), Beatrice ( 1926), Rhapsody ( 1927), and Daybreak ( 1928), novels and stories.
Schnitzler, of a well-known medical family, was a leading physician and a specialist in laryngology before turning to writing.
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